Bottle-stopper.



Patented luly I, |902. H. S. BBEWINGTON. l

'BOTTLE sToPPEH.

(Application led Dec. 9, 1901.) (No Mod'el.)

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HENRY S. BREWING'ION, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. y

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPEIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed December 9, 1901.

.To @ZZ whmn it muy concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY S. BREWINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, inthe State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tov make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bottle-Stoppers of the class known as bottle seals or caps.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a seal or cap which may be easily removed by the-use of a suitable opener.

A further object of the invention is to provide a seal or cap so constructed as to contain a cork packing which extends Well 'over the outer edge of the mouth of a bottle to protect the edge and prevent the chipping of the glass by the contact therewith of an opener in removing the cap.

A still further object is to provide the upper portion of the depending cylindrical portion of the cap with corrngations disposed retention therein of the cork packing.

With these several ends in View the invention consists in theimproved construction of bottleacap hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out inthe appended' claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the cap before its application to a bottle. Fig. 2,'is acentral vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the cap applied to a bottle-neck. Figs. et, 5, and 6 are side elevations -of modifications of the invention, and Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the numeral 1 designates a bottle-neck formed with an4 annularexternal shoulder 2 and an annular groove 3.

The cap comprises a disk 4 and an annular ange bent to form an enlarged head 5 and a depending vertical portion 6. Within the enlarged head 5 is inclosed a packing 7, of cork or other suitable material, which rests Patent N0. 703,528, dated July 1, 1902.

Serial No. 85,157. (No model.)

upon the rim of the bottle-mouth, as shown in Fig. 3, and is of sucient diameter to extend beyond the outer edge of the bottlemouth to protect said edge from contact with the opener and to form, in conjunction with the head 5, an annular rib above the bottlemouth adapted to be engaged by an opener.

The peripheral edge of the head 5 is formed with a series of corrugations 8, which are preferably disposed vertically in parallel relation,but maybe slightly inclined or curved.

The peripheral edge of the cork packing enters the depressions formed on the inner surface of the head 5, and the packing is thus held securely in position within the cap.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 I have shown modified embodiments of the invention in which the flange9 of the cap is not circumferentially enlarged,w but has its 'upper portion corrugated to secure the cork packing. In Fig. 4 the corrugations are in the form of parallel vertical ribs, in Fig. 5 the corrugations are of elliptical form, and in Fig. 6 they are shown parallel, but slightly inclined.

The construction described provides a seal which protects the edge of the bottle-mouth and prevents chipping thereof by the pressure or contact of the opener and affords an annular rib above the bottle-mouth for the engagement of an opener. The device also insures a secure attachment of the cork packing within the cap.

^ I claim- 1. 'The combination with a bottle-neck formed'with'an lexternal annular shoulder, of a seal comprising a diskv and a depending iiange the lower edge of which is compressed below the shoulder while its upper portion is annularly enlarged to project beyond the mouth of the bottle to present a projecting head "above theV bottle-mouth adapted to be engaged by an opener, and a packing below OO f IOO

disk the peripheral edge of which is engaged and secured by the corrugations of the projecting head.

3. The combination with a bottle-neck 1L. A bottle-cap comprising a disk, and a depending ange annularly enlarged to provide a projecting head, formed with vertical corrugations, and a packing within the cap having its peripheral edge engaging said corrugations, the lower portion of the flange being plain to adapt it to engage an annular shoulder on a bottle-neck by spinning or cornpressing said lower portion of the flange.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY S. BREWINGTON. Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, ROBERT C. RHODES. 

